Penshaw Parish, Shiney Row War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 2016. A Modern War memorial.
Penshaw Parish, Shiney Row War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-beam-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Penshaw Parish, Shiney Row War Memorial, Junction of Station Road and Chester Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 7LJ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 323 526
- Coordinates
- 54.86725, -1.49699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shiney Row War Memorial, located in Penshaw Parish, is approximately 3.5 meters tall and made of Heworth Burn stone. It features a Latin cross that stands on the corniced top of a pedestal. The pedestal is set on a two-stage base, which is elevated by a single step. The cross head is adorned on both the front and back with a second, wheel-head cross carved in low relief, and a carved wreath appears to drape over the cross head, encircling the arms of the cross.
The faces of the pedestal are decorated with pairs of round-headed panels topped with palm leaves, also carved in low relief. The left-hand panels display the date 1914, while the right-hand panels show 1919. The names of those who served in the First World War are inscribed on each panel, extending onto the pedestal foot where necessary.
Around the upper stage of the base, a dedication is carved, which reads: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS." This inscription continues around the lower stage, stating: "IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF PENSHAW PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR."
Local climate
Penshaw Parish, Shiney Row War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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